Chanukah חנוכה
Chanukah — in Hebrew חנוכה — the eight-day festival of lights in winter. In the Torah codes, Chanukah is found 1,157 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 3 (Deuteronomy 5:33) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,166).
- Found in the Torah
- 1,157
- Chance alone
- 1,166
- P (≥ found)
- 0.60
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
1,157 sequences of חנוכה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,166 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Deuteronomy 5:33, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 8,635 sequences of חנוכה, against about 9,187 from chance alone.
- Genesis 270
- Exodus 190
- Leviticus 214
- Numbers 287
- Deuteronomy 196
The shortest skips
בְּכָל־הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֶתְכֶם תֵּלֵכוּ לְמַעַן תִּֽחְיוּן וְטוֹב לָכֶם וְהַאֲרַכְתֶּם יָמִים בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר תִּֽירָשֽׁוּן
Ye shall walk in all the way which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 261,220Open in the laboratory →
הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ פֶּן־יִהְיֶה דָבָר עִם־לְבָבְךָ בְלִיַּעַל לֵאמֹר קָֽרְבָה שְׁנַֽת־הַשֶּׁבַע שְׁנַת הַשְּׁמִטָּה וְרָעָה עֵֽינְךָ בְּאָחִיךָ הָֽאֶבְיוֹן וְלֹא תִתֵּן לוֹ וְקָרָא עָלֶיךָ אֶל־יְהוָה וְהָיָה בְךָ חֵֽטְא
Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying: ‘The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand’; and thine eye be evil against thy needy brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin in thee.
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 275,722Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה אִם־לֹא תִשְׁמַע בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֺתָיו וְחֻקֹּתָיו אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם וּבָאוּ עָלֶיךָ כָּל־הַקְּלָלוֹת הָאֵלֶּה וְהִשִּׂיגֽוּךָ
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 292,339Open in the laboratory →
וְכִֽי־תְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ חָפְשִׁי מֵֽעִמָּךְ לֹא תְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ רֵיקָֽם
And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty;
skip 28, width 28 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 275,986Open in the laboratory →
מַדּוּעַ לֹֽא־אֲכַלְתֶּם אֶת־הַֽחַטָּאת בִּמְקוֹם הַקֹּדֶשׁ כִּי קֹדֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁים הִוא וְאֹתָהּ נָתַן לָכֶם לָשֵׂאת אֶת־עֲוֺן הָעֵדָה לְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיהֶם לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
’Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and He hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?
skip 32, width 32 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 155,186Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 4,456 sequences of חנוכה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 4,605).
- Genesis 270
- Exodus 190
- Leviticus 214
- Numbers 287
- Deuteronomy 218
- Joshua 172
- Judges 135
- Samuel 255
- Kings 313
- Isaiah 295
- Jeremiah 322
- Ezekiel 323
- The Twelve 203
- Psalms 312
- Proverbs 133
- Job 123
- Song of Songs 22
- Ruth 7
- Lamentations 36
- Ecclesiastes 48
- Esther 33
- Daniel 106
- Ezra–Nehemiah 123
- Chronicles 316
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי לִבְנֽוֹת־לָהֿ בַיִת בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁנְעָר וְהוּכַן וְהֻנִּיחָה שָּׁם עַל־מְכֻנָתָֽהּ
And he said unto me: ‘To build her a house in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 846,632Open in the laboratory →
כֻּלֹּה בְּחַכָּה הֵֽעֲלָה יְגֹרֵהוּ בְחֶרְמוֹ וְיַאַסְפֵהוּ בְּמִכְמַרְתּוֹ עַל־כֵּן יִשְׂמַח וְיָגִֽיל
They take up all of them with the angle, They catch them in their net, And gather them in their drag; Therefore they rejoice and exult.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 835,502Open in the laboratory →
אָנָה אֵלֵךְ מֵרוּחֶךָ וְאָנָה מִפָּנֶיךָ אֶבְרָֽח
Whither shall I go from Thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from Thy presence?
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 932,366Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חנוכה — a Hebrew word: the eight-day festival of lights in winter. Searched as חנוכה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 89.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- חנכה — a Hebrew word found 11,286 in the Torah (chance 11,737)
Questions
Is Chanukah in the Torah codes?
1,157 sequences of חנוכה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,166 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Chanukah in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Deuteronomy 5:33 — the shortest of 1,157 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,166.
How is Chanukah spelled in Hebrew?
Chanukah is spelled חנוכה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 89; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Chanukah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 4,456 sequences of חנוכה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 4,605).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,166 here) beside the count.